Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten
down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of
hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The
border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for
ever.

A son
honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is
mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto
you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy
name?

And when ye offer the blind for
sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil!
Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he
accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.

Oh that there were one among you that would
shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I
have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an
offering at your hand.

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same
my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense
shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall
be great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it,
saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence,
and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering: should I accept this at
your hand? saith Jehovah.

But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male,
and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great
King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.